Games I will never fully 100%

So this idea came to me when I was in the shower. I already have another idea (Pokemon vs. Digimon), but I feel like this is a better one to talk about at 4:30 in the morning.

Now when it comes to games, I find myself doing my best to 100% them as best as I can, although even I know my limits. There are certain games that demand forcing yourself on the most menial of tasks that there is no real reason to do a full completion of it (especially if it only rewards you an item that says good job).

(If you are looking for a guy that 100% games, look at Jirard of the Completionist on youtube, who does just that. Seriously, check him out, he's a rad dude that loves games. I don't enjoy every single one of his reviews, but he's still a pleasure to simply listen to.)

I have done these with certain games: Kingdom Hearts comes to mind, having gotten every weapon, item, doing random tasks (like the Rare Truffles that you must hit in the air 100 times in a row), killed every enemy, secret boss, trinity, treasure chest, etc. But it comes to my attention around that point: Why should I bother doing this? What am I getting out of it?

I want to lay out some ground rules here: If I say I've 100% a game, I might just be talking about doing every single thing on different playthroughs. This includes something like Paper Mario:TTYD (getting tattle logs, cooking recipes, etc.). These games are either menial in their tasks, or just downright extremely hard to do. So here we go.

1. Final Fantasy IX

This is one of the first games I thought of(and one of my favorite Playstation ones!), and damn, is it a doozy!

I don't even know where to begin. I have done every single boss in the game and done the full mognet chain, but there is a bigger problem afoot; the cards and Excalibur II.

This is a VERY hard item to get. To do it: Beat the game within 12 hours. Do not exceed the time. This sounds like a long time, but this is much less time than you think; FF9 is a very long, very huge game whose battle system is, if I'm honest, slower than I would like it to be, especially compared to other games in the series. To do this, one must ignore a ton of items, pray for luck in getting certain other ones, ignore practically all the sidequests and extra bits of dialogue, then once on the final disc, you must simply know to squat down at picture related to get your item. This is an essential item to speedrunners of the game (I feel bad for them already, knowing that they have to deal with all of this, sitting there for several hours as well), but one rarely seen by others. The only other way to get this is to wait a really long time for the clock to reset, thus tricking the system into believing you still have time left. Otherwise, there is no where else in the game you can get it.

The other is the card collection game. There are 100 types of cards. You can only hold 100 cards at a time. You will find yourself having stacks of the same monster, and certain cards can only be gotten by dueling against certain people (or for sidequests, doing several jumps in the row for the tedious jumprope game). I didn't even care for this part of the game to begin with (it's only important to do once) but it's still something just so mind boggingly annoying that I doubt I'll ever have the patience to figure it out.

2. Sonic Adventure II Battle

I already touched upon the fact that this game isn't as good as I thought it was several years back. But why is this one on the list? Easy: Getting every single Emblem, and full A-ranks.

Don't mind the Chao Garden stuff, but here's just an example of these lists.

Let's break it down: There are 6 different characters. Minus the unlockable zone for getting all the emblems, there are 31 stages, each having 5 missions (155 emblems in total). You must get an A-rank in EVERY SINGLE ONE to get an extra emblem for each character (6 more, 161). Then there are Chao emblems, as seen from above (9 more, 170). Then there is Racing, Boss Rush, and I believe one other mode, that add in 10. In total, there are 180 emblems to collect, and the only thing it does is unlock a 3D Green Hill Zone and more items for your Chao. That's it.  Given the time of A ranking everything alone, it's much too annoying to do this. I can't really stomach the game like I used to with motion sickness effecting me worse and worse, but it's still an ordeal that even younger me can't deal with.

It would be better to spend your time playing Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles
and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles...

3. Digimon World

Another Playstation game, but this time, it's for one mere problem: Getting all the medals.

 

 

Sorry for the awful Aspect Ratio

So here's the deal: I have gotten most of the medals. This includes: Beating all the Grades, Fishing 100 fish, recruiting every single Digimon, getting all the cards, getting perimeters to full, Ending for finishing the game, playing 300 days (in another file), and maxed my bits. What have I not done? All the Version Cups, all the Type Cups, Mastering all techniques (legitimately), getting every single Digimon at least once (the most I've done is a little over half the chart, it's way harder than you might imagine without forcing myself to use evolution items), and win Greymon's tournaments 100 times (something I've probably done throughout all my playthroughs, but never in one go).

Oh, and of course, Penguinmon/Metalmamemon and their stupid curling.

This area alone is burned into the minds of the many who attempted this feat.
(perhaps minus the Giromon partner)

4. Any Pokemon Game's Pokedex

This should be pretty simple: Getting all the Pokemon for a respectful version's Pokedex. Aside from X/Y that reward you with a Shiny Stone that boosts your chances on seeing rare Pokemon, there really is no incentive on getting this. You just get a Certificate. Really, that's it.

I guess it's better than nothing. But come on, can't you give like a Mew or something
for that stupid amount of effort?

That's all for now. I think I'll do more of this at a later time. But for now, I really ought to be going to bed.

Oh, and of course, these images were used from Google Image Search. If you see any that are yours, feel free to tell me to take them down, and I will.